Re: [dev] [SLOCK] is not safe

From: Nico Golde <nico_AT_ngolde.de>
Date: Tue, 19 Jan 2010 12:05:07 +0100

Hi,
* Andres Perera <andres87p_AT_gmail.com> [2010-01-18 22:16]:
> On Mon, Jan 18, 2010 at 4:23 PM, anonymous <aim0shei_AT_lavabit.com> wrote:
> >> This thread is hilarious, I find it pretty funny that on a mailing list of the
> >> suckless project people are suggesting all kinds of weird things to solve this
> >> instead just using exec /usr/bin/dwm in ~/.xinitrc rather than /usr/bin/dwm.
> >
> > Just checked: I was always using exec in xinitrc. And I can still
> > killall slock.
>
> I'm also using exec dwm in xinitrc, as are most people that use startx or xinit.
>
> That doesn't solve anything.

Huh? What is the issue then? The original mail stated the problem is putting
the shell into background by ctrl-z and then killing slock which clearly
doesn't work if you exec into startx.

Cheers
Nico

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